The importance of the early years in young children’s lives and the rigid inequality in literacy achievement are a stimulating backdrop to current research in

Shows parents how to help their child communicate and learn language during everyday activities.

One of two parents' guides based on the revised National Curriculum, this book is intended as an introduction to Key Stages 1 and 2. The need for parents to be

`In its third edition...the author has included the latest research evidence relating to children aged from nought to eight. Her writing embraces the value of p

This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy